MEGA: Secure Cloud Storage & Communications
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MEGA is a secure, user-controlled end-to-end encrypted cloud storage and communications service with 20 GB free storage space. Unlike other cloud storage providers, your data is encrypted and decrypted by your client devices only and never by us. This extension allows you to install MEGA into your browser to reduce loading times, improve download performance and strengthen security. Any MEGA URL will be captured by this extension and stay local (no JavaScript will be loaded from our servers). MEGA’s source code files (HTML, CSS and JavaScript) are loaded from the extension itself and do not require additional integrity verification. This saves time by not downloading these files from MEGA’s servers and verifying them each time you visit the MEGA website. The executable client code runs directly on users’ local machines, rather than being loaded from MEGA over TLS/SSL. Browser extension updates are cryptographically protected. For more information see section 2.2 of our whitepaper https://mega.io/SecurityWhitepaper.pdf. Security reviewers can find our source code at https://mega.io/sourcecode.
User reviews
- Works across all devices
- Large amount of free storage
- User interface is well-designed and better than competitors
- Offers native Linux clients
- Involves a referral scheme for earning more storage
- Requires intrusive permissions like reading browsing history
- Issues with synchronization and recognizing the desktop app
- Often does not function properly in certain regions (e.g., Ukraine, China)
- Frequent loading issues or errors accessing the service
- Redirects to the home page instead of providing functionality
- Not recognizing desktop app
- Loading errors and synchronization issues
- Intrusive permissions requested
- User interface praise
- Region-specific access problems
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Add-on safety
Risk impact
MEGA requires very minimum permissions.
Risk likelihood
MEGA is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.